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Reading Horizons Discovery: Changes to the Curriculum

Reading Horizons Discovery: Changes to the Curriculum. Heidi Hyte heidi@readinghorizons.com September 11, 2012. Reading Horizons Discovery Curriculum. What’s changed?. Modifications to the Curriculum:. Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs.

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Reading Horizons Discovery: Changes to the Curriculum

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  1. Reading Horizons Discovery: Changes to the Curriculum Heidi Hyte heidi@readinghorizons.com September 11, 2012

  2. Reading Horizons Discovery Curriculum What’s changed?

  3. Modifications to the Curriculum: • Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs. • Differentiation between the Kindergarten sequence and the Grades 1-3 sequence. • Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).

  4. Modifications to the Curriculum: • Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs. • Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 sequence. • Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).

  5. Discover Intensive Phonics Reading Horizons Discovery™ Sequence • Alphabet • Blends • Double S, F, and Z • Special Vowel Combinations • Long and Short Vowels • Phonetic Skills • Adding Suffixes • Murmur Diphthongs • Digraphs • Special Vowel Sounds • Decoding Skills • Decoding Exceptions • Extra Skills

  6. Discover Intensive Phonics Reading Horizons Discovery™ Sequence • Alphabet • Blends • Double S, F, and Z • Special Vowel Combinations • Long and Short Vowels • Phonetic Skills • Adding Suffixes • Murmur Diphthongs • Digraphs • Special Vowel Sounds • Decoding Skills • Decoding Exceptions • Extra Skills

  7. Discover Intensive Phonics Reading Horizons Discovery™ Sequence • Alphabet • Blends • Double S, F, and Z • Special Vowel Combinations • Long and Short Vowels • Phonetic Skills • Adding Suffixes • Murmur Diphthongs • Digraphs • Special Vowel Sounds • Decoding Skills • Decoding Exceptions • Extra Skills

  8. Discover Intensive Phonics Reading Horizons Discovery™ Sequence • Alphabet • Blends • Double S, F, and Z • Special Vowel Combinations • Long and Short Vowels • Phonetic Skills • Adding Suffixes • Murmur Diphthongs • Digraphs • Special Vowel Sounds • Decoding Skills • Decoding Exceptions • Extra Skills • Alphabet • Blends • Double S, F, and Z • Special Vowel Combinations • Voiced/Voiceless and Digraphs (TH, TH) • Digraphs (CH, SH, WH, PH) • Long and Short Vowels • Phonetic Skills • Adding Suffixes • Decoding Skills • Murmur Diphthongs • Special Vowel Sounds • Extra Skills

  9. Discover Intensive Phonics Reading Horizons Discovery™ Sequence • Alphabet • Blends • Double S, F, and Z • Special Vowel Combinations • Long and Short Vowels • Phonetic Skills • Adding Suffixes • Murmur Diphthongs • Digraphs • Special Vowel Sounds • Decoding Skills • Decoding Exceptions • Extra Skills • Alphabet • Blends • Double S, F, and Z • Special Vowel Combinations • Voiced/Voiceless and Digraphs (TH, TH) • Digraphs (CH, SH, WH, PH) • Long and Short Vowels • Phonetic Skills • Adding Suffixes • Decoding Skills • Murmur Diphthongs • Special Vowel Sounds • Extra Skills

  10. Discover Intensive Phonics Reading Horizons Discovery™ Sequence • Alphabet • Blends • Double S, F, and Z • Special Vowel Combinations • Long and Short Vowels • Phonetic Skills • Adding Suffixes • Murmur Diphthongs • Digraphs • Special Vowel Sounds • Decoding Skills • Decoding Exceptions • Extra Skills • Alphabet • Blends • Double S, F, and Z • Special Vowel Combinations • Voiced/Voiceless and Digraphs (TH, TH) • Digraphs (CH, SH, WH, PH) • Long and Short Vowels • Phonetic Skills • Adding Suffixes • Decoding Skills • Murmur Diphthongs • Special Vowel Sounds • Extra Skills

  11. SequenceSummary • 100 lessons • Digraphs have been moved up in the sequence • Decoding Skills are taught earlier • Additional skills are more similarly align with Reading Horizons • Reference Lessons align with Common Core State Standards

  12. Modifications to the Curriculum: • Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs. • Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 tracks. • Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).

  13. Grades 1-3 Track Kindergarten Track Instructional Tracks • Two (2) Chapters • 57 Lessons • 42 Skill Lessons (39 standard lessons, plus three optional lessons) • Seven (7) Reference Lessons • Eight (8) MCW Lists • 10 Stories (Little Books) • Six (6) Chapters • 100 Lessons • 63 Skill Lessons • 15 Reference Lessons • 22 MCW Lists • 64 Stories (Little Books)

  14. Assets for Each Track

  15. Assessments for Each Track

  16. Modifications to the Curriculum: • Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs. • Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 sequence. • Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).

  17. Most Common Words • Nine (9) Most Common Words Lists • 147 Most Common Words • 22 Most Common Words Lists • 300 Most Common Words Discover Intensive Phonics Reading Horizons Discovery™

  18. Most Common Words • Derived from Fry’s Frequently Used Word List • Kindergarten: First 30 words • First Grade: First 100 words • Second Grade: First 200 words • Third Grade: First 300 words

  19. Reference Lessons • No Reference Lessons • Embedded language and grammar instruction • 15 Reference Lessons (7 for Kindergarten) • Aligned with the Common Core State Standards Discover Intensive Phonics Reading Horizons Discovery™

  20. Reference Lessons • Capitalization • Punctuation • Alphabetical Order • Commas • Compound Words • Contractions • Nouns • Verbs • Adjectives • Adverbs • Sentence Structure • Determiners • Conjunctions • Antonyms, Synonyms, and More • Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes

  21. Modifications to the Curriculum: • Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs. • Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 sequence. • Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).

  22. Questions? info@readinghorizons.com

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